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A short late-afternoon, my-but-it-is-getting-dark-quickly-now tour of the Garden Shop at Petersham Nurseries. House plants with homes all over the world in one glasshouse, with golden autumn leaf, pumpkins and twinkly lights. Cacti and Succulent will be moving in here from Glasshouse Two as the nights become more chill. Seriously, we are quite serious about houseplants. And lastly, for your delight and delectation, well mine at least, some pictures taken whilst waiting in vain on Ham Common to see any fireworks. […]

The Garden Shop at Petersham Nurseries is filled with houseplants, whose homes hail from all over the world, together with seeds and tools, pots and gardening equipment and in the blessed rain yesterday, was my home for the day. In the rare moments between torrents, I had a wander through the rest of the nursery with my camera, the plant benches and displays and the cacti and succulents in Glasshouse 2 – which have certainly loved the summer – and […]

Tender, tropical houseplants inside the Garden Shop and elsewhere, early perennials, bulbs, flowering shrubs and spring colour. A few, random, images from Petersham Nurseries last week. We’ve had glorious sunshine (well, yesterday at least), so expecting the Cutting Garden to be even more verdant, more colourful and probably about a foot taller too. We’re about three weeks late compared to 2017 and 2016 but am sure to see a difference after just a couple of warm days. We’re a little […]

Well I hadn’t taken any photographs today, so sitting in my conservatory this evening, my thoughts turned to the collection of houseplants I share the space with – in this one room there are plenty of cactus – in a porcelain clamshell, a little catus garden and also my favourite white-studded Opuntia microdasys alba – and succulents (there are more elsewhere in the house), and I love the Burro’s Tail. Sedum morgianum; a reliable 15 year old Citrus Calamondin and […]

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Teddington Gardener

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